Ford outsells GM in US sales for March

In what has not happened since it was in bankruptcy, General Motors was not the best selling automaker for a month in the United States. For March 2016, the title belonged to Ford.

Ford sales in March totaled 254,711 to GM’s 252,128. Ford sales were up 8.0-percent whereas GM sales were up only 0.9-percent.

Leaving Ford’s charge was the Ford F-Series, Transit, and Edge.

GM sales were hindered by the 11.3-percent drop in Buick sales and the 5.1-percent drop at Cadillac.

Ford F-Series notably outsold the GM twins of the Silverado and Sierra combined.

GM notes that its rental fleet sales were down 14,000 units, or 33-percent, in March. There is no word on Ford’s fleet sales.

We will have to wait and see if this holds for forthcoming months.

And no, this is no April Fools Day joke…

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arutherford

AutoVerdict Senior Editor Austin Rutherford was instilled with a passion for the automotive industry at a young age being born and raised in Michigan. Now living in South Carolina, he quickly become involved in automotive enthusiast sites in high school and began calculating sales for the entire automotive industry. He holds a degree in Biological Sciences and a degree of Master in City and Regional Planning both from Clemson University. You will find him focusing on auto sales, changes in trends, and introduction of new brands and models in emerging markets here on AV. Go Tigers!